Caps Corner

Shout outs from the fans

Monday, April 13, 2009

A) I usually hate it when anybody has to die.B) It's unfortunate when people feel they have to resort to violence and extortion in order to either get their way or resolve a bad situation.C) Anybody who is dumb enough to willingly threaten the life of another or take it, deserves whatever he or she gets.

"Navy snipers on the fantail of a destroyer cut down three Somali pirates in a lifeboat and rescued an American sea captain in a surprise nighttime assault in choppy seas Easter Sunday, ending a five-day standoff between a team of rogue gunmen and the world's most powerful military.

The operation, personally approved by President Barack Obama, quashed fears the saga could drag on for months and marked a victory for the U.S., which for days seemed powerless to resolve the crisis despite massing helicopter-equipped warships at the scene.

One of the pirates pointed an AK-47 at the back of Phillips, who was tied up and in "imminent danger" of being killed when the commander of the nearby USS Bainbridge made the split-second decision to order his men to shoot, Vice Adm. Bill Gortney said."